Hat-hanger



C. P. MILLER.

HAT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1920.

1,390,372, PatentedSept. 13, 1921.

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PATENT Price.

NORTH DAKOTA.

HAT-HAN GER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application file'd July 24,

To all 107mm 2'25 may concern:

ve it known that I. Cam, P. citizen of the United States, residin at argo, in the county of OHS. and State of forth Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Hangers,

ot which the following is a specification.

simple, inexpensive device which may to the top of a motor vehicle to sup the occupants ot the vehicle so that the hat will be secured against loss and the occupants of the vehiclewill be subjected to no inconvenience or discomfort. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and consists in cer tain novel features which will be hereinafter first fully described and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawings Figure .l is a perspective view of my im proved device in its operative position;

ig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. In the drawings. the reference numeral 1 indicates a portion of one of the automobile top. In carrying out my present invention, I emp oy a pair of mating clamping plates 2 which are constructed at one end with jaws Sadapted to fit closely around of the bow 1 and be secured firmly thereto by set bolts 4. inserted through the clamping plates 2 and equipped with wing nuts 5 whereby hent 1e nuts are turned the jaws will be drawn toward each other and secured firmly upon the bow. The inner opposed faces of the jaws may, if material such as textile fabric, rubber or leather so 1e us-eof the device will not mar the of the bow, as will be readily under- As shown in the drawings, the clampmanipulated fitted the top of the bow; plates is a wire or lightrod 6 having 1ts inner end doubled indented aid in malntaining the said mm or rod 6 in its proper position. A I through the clamping plates ad acent the upper inner corner thereof and is equipped with a wing nut 9 whereby the secure fastenbows of an Patented Sept.-

13, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 398,606. ing of the end of the wire or rod 6 is doubled upon itself, as shown most clearly in F ig. l, 'to provide a base ring 10 and arms or loops ll radiating therefrom at intervals. the terminal of the rod being formed into an eye 12 engaged around the main portion thereof so as to prevent spreading of the base as shown ig. and as will be readily understood. Fitted about the bolt 8,between tl ingplates 2, is a latch consisting strand of wire doubled upon itselt to form shown at being bent cownwa-rdl v from 1 as shown at 15, and offset, form holding seats. Beyondflthe seats 16, t e ends of the wire are bent slightly out wardly, as shown most clearly at 17. inner terminal 18 of the ears upon the under side and serves as a spring retainer to. resist downward movement of the a ly mounted supporting arm olt between the clamping plates-2 and is rod or' wire 6* adapted to pass through and be held by the seats 160i the latch. this arm mately 20, and at 21, and secured to tie circular plate v22 upon the upper side of which are secured tie cross arms or bars 23. substantially equal in p ate presented by the ring 10 and the arms or loops 11 while the bars 23 extend beyond the said plate 22 and are turn ed downwardly at the edge-thereof to present resilient. sus-I taining arms 24.

It is thought the manner of using the device will be readily foregoing description, with tie accompanying drawings.

Beyond the said seats, 19 s bent downwardly in a sem1-c1rcular form, as s iown at wardly bent portion which will modate the rim of the the same so that the The approXiis then carried upwardly, as. shown The plate 22 is: diameter to the base parts will be assured. The outer he ends ot'the wire strand" extends from said arm.

ting within the crown thereof and said arm is then swungupwardly against the upper base member at the outer end of, the arm 6 so that the crown of the hat will be held firmly against the said base member and the hat thereby held out of the way ot the occupants otthe vehicle and secured against loss through being carried ofif under a high wind. It is to be particularly noted that the ring it) and loops or arms ll radiating therefrom present an open construction which will readily permit. flowers, ribbons, feathers, or other decorations upon the hat to be easily disposed so that they will not be crushed or otherwise damaged. When the arm 19 is swung upwardly with the hat thereon. it passes easily between the divergent terminals otthe latch and into the space between the seats 16 by which it will be firmly engaged and the spring terminal 18 will bear against the eye 13 with sufticient strength to resist dropping action of the latch and the arm. The device is exceedingly simple in construction and may be produced at a very low cost and applied to any vehicle very easily and without the use of any tools or requiring any skilled labor.

Having-thus described the invention, what is claimed as newis:

- y l. A device for the purpose set forth coniprisinga support. an arm held by and extending from said support and provided at its free end with a base inem er to rest upon the crown of a hat, a sustaining arin pivot-ally titted within the support below the first-mentioned il-l'lli and constructed at its free end to engage within the crown o' a hat and support the same against said base member, and a latch carried by the support to engage under and sustain said pivotetv 2; A devicefor thepurpose set forth. com prising a pair of clamping plates ar'ela trvel'y fixed ai'in having an inner spring; terininal housed between said plates and having its outer endexpanded to bear upon the crown of a hat. a relatively movable arin supported by and between the plates belowthe first-mentioned arm and having its free end constructed to pass under the rim of a hatand fit within the crown of the same to hold the crown against the said expandec portion of the first-mentioned arm, and a latch between the plates mounted adjacent and engaged by the spring terminal of the first-mentioned arm and constructed to engage under and sustain the said movable arm.

A device for the purpose set forth comprising a pair ot clamping plates constructed at one end to engage around a fixed support, a plurality of bolts inserted through said plates, one o't said bolts beingdisposed near the free ends of the plates, a relatively. fixed arm doubled on itsel't' around an upper bolt and projecting from between the free ends oi the plates, the outer termina ot said arinbeing a fiat open loop to bear upon the crown of a hat and the inner terli'l llliil thereof being resilient and disposed. below and adj aceiit the bolt near the tree ends of the clamping plates, a'latch mounted on said last-mentioned bolt and projecting outwardly between the free ends 0' the clamping plates, the resilientterminal 01 said arm bearing against said latch, and a vertically swinging arni pivoted on a lower bolt and projecting roin between the free ends of the clamping plates and constructed to engage within a hat crown and normally engaged and held in raised position by the latch.

t. A device for the purpose set t'orth comprising a pair of clamping plates constructed at one end to engage around a fixed support, means tor securingthe plates about said support, a latch mounted between the plates near the tree ends thereo-t and projecting beyond-said ends, a relatively fixed arm: projecting from the plates and having its inner portionextending between the latch. and the upper edges of the clamping plates and terminating'below and in contact with the end ot the latch, the upper edges ot the plates at their tree ends being indented over said arm, and a lower arm pivoted between the clamping plates and normally extending through and supported by the latch.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL P. ii LLn-n. n. j 

